Antilia
Antilia is a residential complex in South Mumbai, India. It is owned by Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Limited. It is reported to be the most expensive home in the world and includes a staff of 600 to maintain the residence.
Inspiration behind the name 'Antilia'
Antilla is the name of a set of mythical islands whose story dates back to an 8th-century Iberian legend. When the Muslims conquered Hispania, six Christian Visigothic bishops and their parishioners boarded ships and fled. After days, or maybe weeks at sea, they arrived at the isles of Antilla where they decided to settle and raise a new civilisation. They burnt their boats to permanently sever their links to their barbarian-dominated homeland
Specifications
The house has 27 storeys, soars to 173 meters and is worth an estimated £630m, it will be a housewarming like no other. Health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one swimming pool, a ballroom, guestrooms, a variety of lounges and a 50-seater cinema.Three helicopter pads on the roof.
Space for 160 vehicles on the lower floors.Once in, nine lifts will take the guests from the lobby to upper levels, where the festivities will take place.
On the top floors, with a sweeping view of the city and out over the Arabian Sea, are quarters for the 53-year-old tycoon and his family. Overall, there is reported to be 37,000 sq meters of space, more than the Palace of Versailles. To keep things running smoothly, there is a staff of 600
It cost an estimated £44m to build but, because of Mumbai's astronomic land and property prices, will be worth about 15 times that amount – £630m. "Antilia is marvellous, I remember a Picasso painting [there], it was one of its kind – stunning," one local businessman who visited the building gushed to the Times of India newspaper.
Source: theguardian
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